Ceiga Issue 8

ISSUE 8 / JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2011

United States

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contents JAN - FEB 2012

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On the front

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Life Tastes Good

14

The American Superhero

24

War Never Changes

32

The Big Apple

44

Howdy Partner

56

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THAT WENT FROM BARBARISM TO DECADENCE WITHOUT

CIVILIZATION IN BETWEEN.

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“

AMERICA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY

- Oscar Wilde

W

ow issue eight already, it’ll be issue ten before you know it I’d have to think of something really big for that, oh bother.

Back to this issue which is all about the United States of America, fifty states, a population of over 290 million and possibly the most powerful country in the world. This issue would have been a monster if everything America had done

was included in it, so it’s been narrowed down to five sections, some incredibly relevant, other’s not so much. I know there are some sections you’d expected to see in this issue that haven’t been included, like American sports, that’s simply because we couldn’t find enough images to create a section out of, so it’s not exactly our fault. But I believe the best was done with the resources that were gathered.

I really hope you enjoy this issue, and even though I’m not an American citizen, I’m going to

R.Bray

end this letter with the famous three words, God Bless America.

Richard Bray Editor

ceiga.co.uk

On The

Front ‘Uncle Sam’ by Vlad Costin (costin3d.com). Modelled in 3D Studio Max & sculpted in ZBrush.

I

t took an incredibly long time find the right cover image for this issue, (as it does for most issues). However for this particular issue, the majority of the time was spent deciding on images instead of searching for them.

The images in question were this one, and one of Obama in front of an American flag. The Obama image was good but far too cliché, and as Ceiga is all about being different, ‘Uncle Sam’ won the cover page.

This image is definitely a personification of America. The patriotism, the bravado, the tattoo on his left shoulder, I could go on. Vlad Costin did an amazing job with this image, great sculpture work on the anatomy and the creases on the clothes. The wrinkles on the face and the veins are spot on, and a really nice touch with the pocket watch. They really should make a toy of this model and sell it, or maybe a game, an Uncle Same game.

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“

Sailin’ ‘round the worl Oh , to be back in the

“

ld in a dirty gondola land of C

Bob Dylan

w Bottle of Coca-Cola . .

Yulia Goncharenko

wpanterka.kiev.ua

3ds max

w

Coca Cola Bottle . .

Elmar Nieser

elmarnieser.com

3ds Max

Coke Rafael Mustaine

.

wix.com/refart/art

.

3ds Max

Vintage Store .

Eugenio GarcĂ­a Villarreal

flickr.com/photos/artecnl/sets/72157603945789713

.

Lightwave 3D

20 Oz Coke Bottle . .

Edward Dye, Artistic Image

artisticimage.com

3ds max

3rd person singular number . .

Imranul Haque

whitescape.blogspot.com

3ds max

Robeo and Catet . .

Juan Carlos JimĂŠnez Vadillo

anypixel.com

3ds Max

Desert gas station .

Eugenio GarcĂ­a Villarreal

flickr.com/photos/artecnl/sets/72157603945789713

.

Lightwave 3D

THE AMERICAN SUPERHERO

Captain America . .

Tim Ness

timness.carbonmade.com

Maya, UDK

Captain America . .

Sanket Tanak

tiger-1.cgsociety.org/gallery

Maya, ZBrush

Captain America . .

Roman Samakovskiy

romans3d.ru

3dsmax, ZBrush

Pixologic Superhero . .

Jeff Miller

thenewred.com

3ds max, ZBrush

ULTIMATES - Captain America . .

Diego Maia

maia3d.blogspot.com

3ds Max, XSI, ZBrush

“

In my dreams I hear a the rattle of musketry, mutter of the battlefiel

gain the crash of guns, , the strange, mournful ld.

“

Douglas MacArthur

WAR NEVER CHANGES

Tsvetomir Georgiev

.

Soldier .

ceco.cgsociety.org/gallery

ZBrush

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway . .

Stanislav Klabik

slayercz.cgsociety.org/gallery

3ds max, Mudbox

Private Charlie . .

Daniele Orsetti

dayno.it

Maya, ZBrush

Soldier .

Paul Nelson

paul-nelson.com

.

3ds max, ZBrush

Soldier .

Cyril Verrier

quadpilot.com

.

3ds Max, ZBrush

Blackhawk UH-60 . .

Shuangyan Mike

mikeshuangyan.cgsociety.org/gallery

Maya, BodyPaint

Tuskegee Airmen . .

Kurt Miller

kmistudio.com

3ds max, Bryce

American soldier (USAF) . .

Raymond Yang

bignanfer.cgsociety.org

3ds Max

Sgt. Johnson . .

Sven Juhlin

daybreakcg.com

Maya, Zbrush

The General .

Teh Gene Erh

tenerh.cgsociety.org/gallery

.

Maya, Zbrush

Tank ( Merkava II ) . .

Eric Zhang

cgeric.com

XSI

Wings over Vietman (no. 1-3) . .

Anders Lejczak

colacola.se

Modo

THE BIG APPLE

New York street wintery scene Peter Mayer

.

petermayer.webs.com

.

3ds max

Urban Wonderland . .

Stefan Morrell

stefan-morrell.com

3ds max

New York Street . .

Simone Vassallo

vass.cgsociety.org/gallery

Ligntwave 3D

The Great Station . .

Dennis Latter

latter.cgsociety.org/gallery

3ds max

Subway .

Benjamin Ziegler

bziegler.com

.

3ds max

Phone Booth . .

Nicolas Wirrmann

nicolasw.com

3ds max

One Night In New York . .

Martin Klein

mac-interactive.de

3ds max

“Get on, Ride hard,

and give it all you Cowbo

, Hold nothing back, u’ve got! Thats the oy Way!!!

“

Proverb

HOWDY PARTNER

Gennady Krimer

.

Revolver igl3d.blogspot.com

.

Maya

We named the dog Indiana . .

Jon Berry

sl0511.com

3ds max, ZBrush

Santiago . .

Kurt Miller

kmistudio.com

Bryce

Sassafras Sam . .

Eric Lyman

eric3d.com

Maya, Mudbox

Seth Bullock . .

Andrei Cristea

undoz.com

3ds max, ZBrush

I shot the sheriff . .

Olivier Cannone

in-poculis.cgsociety.org

3ds max, ZBrush

Wild 338. going California . .

Lo誰c e338 Zimmermann

e338.com

Maya, ZBrush

The Big Cowboy . .

Gustavo Federico

eltavo.cgsociety.org/gallery

XSI, ZBrush

Duke - Carrot Crazy .

Dylan VanWormer & Logan Scelina

dylanvanwormer.com - loganscelina.com

.

Maya

Wilderness . .

Peng Bo

aropa.cgsociety.org/gallery

Maya, ZBrush

Take Your Best Shot . .

Stanislav Shcherbakov

sshcherbakov.co.uk

Maya, ZBrush

May The Hunt Begin . .

Roumen Filipov Roumen Filipov

he-3d.cgsociety.org

3ds Max, ZBrush

Jack Stern .

Patrick Beaulieu

squeezestudio.com

.

3ds max

Cowboy . .

Jason Hill

jasonhillcg.com

Maya, ZBrush

On the watch .

Matej Hradsky

matoh.cgsociety.org/gallery

.

3ds max, ZBrush

Wyatt Earp Bust . .

Ryan Trammell

riliancg.cgsociety.org/gallery

Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush

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STUDIO LIST

(UK only)

Brandt Animation www.brandtanim.co.uk

Eurocom www.eurocom.co.uk

Absolute Post www.absolutepost.com

Bravo Games bravogames.com

Fluid Pictures www.fluid-pictures.com

Absolutely Cuckoo www.absolutelycuckoo.com

BreakThru Films www.breakthrufilms.co.uk

Foundation CGI www.foundationcgi.com

Air CGI www.air-cgi.com

Burrows Nvisage www.burrows.info

Framestore www.framestore.com

AKQA www.akqa.com

Busty Kelp www.bustykelp.com

Full Moon Studios fullmoongamestudios.com

Animatic Media animaticmedia.com

Cinesite www.cinesite.com

Gameloft www.gameloft.co.uk

Annix Studios www.annix.com

Climax Group www.climaxgroup.com

Glassworks www.glassworks.co.uk

Artillery www.artillery.tv

Codemasters www.facebook.com/codemasters

Glowfrog Studios glowfrog.com

Atticus Digital www.atticusdigital.com

Colonel Blimp www.colonelblimp.com

Golden Square www.goldensq.com

Atticus Finch www.atticusfinch.tv

Criterion Games blog.criteriongames.com

Hot Knife Digital Media www.hotknife.co.uk

Axis Animation www.axisanimation.com

Darkhorse VFX www.darkhorsefx.com

ICube www.icube3d.co.uk

Barefoot VFX barefootvfx.com

Darkside Animation www.dsanim.com

Ignition Entertainment www.utvignition.com

Base Black baseblack.com

Dinamo Productions www.dinamo.co.uk

I love Dust www.ilovedust.com

BE Animation beanimation.com

Distant Future Animation Studios www.distantfuture.co.uk

Image Metrics www.image-metrics.com

Black Rock Studios www.disney.co.uk

Double G Studios www.doublegstudios.com

Infinite Realitites www.ir-ltd.net

Blink Productions www.blinkprods.com

Double Negative www.dneg.com

Ink Digital www.inkdigital.co.uk

Blitz Game Studios www.blitzgamesstudios.com

Drive CGI www.drivecgi.co.uk

Jagex www.jagex.com

Blue Bolt www.blue-bolt.com

Eggbox Studios www.eggboxstudios.co.uk

Jellyfish Pictures www.jellyfishpictures.co.uk

Blue Zoo www.blue-zoo.co.uk

Envy www.envypost.co.uk

Jump Design www.jumpdesign.co.uk

Kazoo Creative www.kazoo-creative.com

Neon www.neon.tv

Rumble Studios www.rumblestudios.com

Kettle Studios www.kettlestudio.co.uk

Neoscape www.neoscape.com

Rushes www.rushes.co.uk

Keframe Studios keyframestudios.co.uk

Nexus Productions www.nexusproductions.com

Saddington Baynes www.saddingtonbaynes.com

Kuro Dragon www.kurodragon.com

Ninja Theory www.ninjatheory.com

Slide slidelondon.com

Lab 10 Studios www.lab10.com

Not to Scale www.nottoscale.tv

Smoke & Mirrors www.smoke-mirrors.com

Lionhead Studios lionhead.com

NSC Creative www.nsccreative.com

Speed Shape www.speedshape.com/

LipSync Post www.lipsyncpost.co.uk

Nvisible nvizible.com

Studio AKA www.studioaka.co.uk

Locomotion locomotionpost.wordpress.com

OG International www.og-international.net

Sumo Digital www.sumo-digital.com

Lola www.lola-post.co.uk

Passion Pictures www.passion-pictures.com

Superglue www.wearesuperglue.com

Loose Moose www.loosemoose.net

Peanut FX www.peanutfx.com

Taylor James www.taylorjames.com

Mainframe www.mainframe.co.uk

Peerless www.peerless.co.uk

Ten 24 www.ten24.info

Man Vs Machine www.manvsmachine.co.uk

Pitbull Studio www.pitbullstudio.co.uk

Territory Studio www.territorystudio.com

Masquerade Digital www.masquerade-digital.com

Plowman Craven www.plowmancraven.co.uk

The Creative Assembly creative-assembly.com

Matinai www.matinai.com

Prime Focus www.primefocusworld.com

The Foundry www.thefoundry.co.uk

MDI Digital www.mdi-digital.com

Quay Studios www.quaystudios.com

The Mill www.themill.com

Method Studios www.methodstudios.com

Qurios www.qurios.com

The Senate www.senatevfx.com

Molinare www.molinare.co.uk

Realtime UK www.realtimeuk.com

The Works www.worksltd.co.uk

Motion Imaging wearemi.com

Realise www.realisestudio.com

Tigrex www.tigerx.co.uk

Monumental Games www.monumentalgames.com

Relentless Software www.relentless.co.uk

TT Games www.ttgames.com

MPC www.moving-picture.com

Rockstar North www.rockstarnorth.com

We Are Seventeen www.weareseventeen.com

Munky www.munky.uk.com

Realtime Technology www.realtime-technology.com

Zoo zoovfx.com

Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop is a brand new series dedicated to providing a truly comprehensive guide to the basics of digital painting in this versatile program.

The best way to learn from the pros is to watch over their shoulders as they create a masterpiece. The next best way is to read this book. An essential resource for beginners and veterans alike, the techniques I’ve picked up here show that you’re never too old to learn! Highly recommended.

Ian McQue ISBN – 978-0-9551530-7-5 | Softback / Slipcase – 297mm x 210mm | 224 full color premium paper pages | £29.99 / $49.99

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